Thinking about trying a new line of paint

Compressorman

I have also read about Hataka lacquers and they seem like a good thing too. Can anyone comment and advise? 

I used to airbrush .... House of Kolor on them.

Would the Hataka paints perform like this?

Chris

 

 

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HoK are a custom car paint. They do not make model type colors. I should have mentioned that I model military aircraft 

The Hataka lacquers are supposed to be quite good, they should be close to the HOC you like in terms of thinning and handling. And stinky of course being lacquer.

But you also should able to thin the Mission Models paints too, I would think that would be your most efficient short term solution. Then you could nose around at some other paints, maybe do some test shooting with a few.

I've used AK Real Color once so far and really like the paint. I did prime first so I can't comment as to adhesion on bare plastic, resin, metal, etc. But it's durability once cured is outstanding. My only gripe with the paint was that the finish was VERY gritty, but that could be due to using Tamiya thinner to thin it, based off being told at the LHS  that the two products are compatible. I have heard that it works better with Gunze self leveling thinner, but I have yet to try them together. We shall see.  I cant comment upon hand brushing yet either.

 

i've sprayed several of the Hataka Orange Line lacquers using their propietary thinner to thin them and really like them. They sprayed very well, covered well, and dried quickly. My go-to paints for airbrushing have always been Floquil and Model Master enamel. The Hataka reminds me very much of the old Floquil lacquers.

Tom

I recently bought some of AK's Real Color and from my limited use so far I'd have to say they spray very well. I did use the Real Color thinner and haven't had time to try others yet. The paint in some of the bottles was considerably thicker than others. Maybe that just has to do with the colors themselves, I don't know. They covered very well, dried quickly. I masked over some of them within a few minutes with a fresh piece of Frog masking tape and none of it pulled up when I removed the tape. I shot them with .050, .035 and .018 airbrushes with no problems. Way over reduced some Interior Green and Sea Blue and shot them with an .018 brush and it worked great. My sense of smell isn't that great but I get very little odor from these. They're still lacquer and should be treated accordingly but they didn't stink up the room. I did shoot them over primer and haven't tried any brush painting. Haven't painted a project yet, just testing. But I like them so far and they have many colors. I only wish they came in larger bottles. Like maybe 23ml. :-)